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Sun 19 Oct 2025 • Home at Hailey Park • Kick-off 12:00
Whitchurch
U14 RFC
29 – 41
Ferndale
RFC U14s
🏠 Home Loss 3 Tries Disallowed Fought to the Whistle
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Match Report

Whitchurch welcomed Ferndale to Hailey Park for a midday kick-off — the two sides hadn't met since the start of the previous season and both were looking forward to a good contest on a greasy surface.

Ferndale started strongly, taking the lead very early on, but Whitchurch responded well — a sharp snipe at the breakdown brought the scores level and settled the home side. The first half was lively and Whitchurch kept knocking on the door, but fortune wasn't with them: three tries were disallowed, which was a bitter pill to swallow. Ferndale's forwards continued to break the gain line with real power and added two more tries before the break to give them a lead heading into half time.

The second half was a competitive and entertaining contest with both teams trading scores — great to see Whitchurch keep playing right to the final whistle, never giving up the fight. On another day, with a kinder whistle in the first half, this could easily have been a different result. Ferndale were worthy winners and played the game in exactly the right spirit.

Well done Ferndale — we look forward to the next one. 🖤🤍

✨ Champagne Moment

JC
Jacob Coates
Finished a brilliant backs move with a try in the corner — magical footwork to beat the last defender and a perfectly timed dummy to round it off. The pick of the day.

Players of the Match

Both wingers stood out — two of the smallest players on the pitch but two of the most impactful.

O
Ollie ⭐
Really impressive with ball in hand — made some excellent runs and gained valuable metres for the team throughout the game, while also putting in some great hits out wide in defence.
L
Logan ⭐
His best game in a Whitchurch shirt to date. No fear in the tackle, played a massive part in the defensive effort, and set up a brilliant try down the wing with some great hands.

🏆 Dick of the Day

Reserved for this page only. You know who you are.

BS
Ben Sarsam
Not once, but twice, did all the hard work to get over the try line — and twice decided to play basketball instead of grounding the ball. On another day he'd have had well over a hat-trick. Great game apart from that though 😩😂